It is difficult and exciting to deal with catching bream in the cold season. The success of the lesson is influenced by the correct choice of gear, bait and bait, location and planned fishing time. Experienced breeders know all the secrets of this process, and a novice fisherman, before going out on the ice to catch the coveted trophy, it is advisable to use the basic knowledge that relates to a profitable hobby. About what winter tackle for bream is better to choose depending on fishing conditions - later in the article.

Types of winter gear

The rods that allow you to catch the bream are conditionally divided according to the equipment and place of use into the following categories:

• Mormuscular (nodding) - for active biting;
• floaters - used for fishing in bodies of water with stagnant water;
• winter feeders or donks - designed to catch fish in the course.

Fishing in the cold season allows you to catch specimens weighing up to 2 kg. Using an ordinary mormyshka may not always succeed, therefore, fishermen actively resort to various tricks. A simple and at the same time effective way is the use of a rocker.

• The advantages of such gear include:
• “Hunting” for a bream at the bottom, where the bait or sinker goes deep into the silt;
• rod unloading;
• a chance to catch large and experienced specimens.

Did you know? The bream has a delicate hearing, which allows him to distinguish any sound vibration that is transmitted along the fishing line, for example, a simple conversation between fishermen.

Fishing rod

In the colder months, you can use a fishing rod with a float.

Its components are:

1. A fishing rod with a cork or foam handle, built-in reel, 15-centimeter whip.
2. Forests - monophilic, dark in color, 0.14–0.16 mm in diameter, length from 15 to 20 m.
3. Two mormyshki serve as a snap: the lower one is tied to the end of the forest, and the upper one is located at a distance of 15–20 cm from it.
4. In the process of river fishing, they practice replacing the lower bait with a lead sinker in the form of a ball, and the upper one with a leash of 30–40 cm in length with a hook No. 12–14.
5. The bite will be signaled by a synchronous change in the position of the nod and the float.

Catching using a fishing rod equipped with a float has several differences from the use of a summer design, and is carried out as follows:

1. First, two holes are drilled, the distance between which is 60–70 cm.
2. Then, feeding is carried out using a “dump truck” feeder.
3. Then they cast a bait fishing rod.
4. The bend of a nod or a float “to lift” or “to the bottom” notifies about the bite.
5. Sweep fast movement.
6. If there is no biting for a long time, do supplementary feeding in recesses with a bloodworm in small quantities or in small balls from the prepared mixture.
7. They pluck out well-fed fish, holding back the forest between the index finger and thumb of the right hand. During strong jerks, the bream is “handed over” a little stretched thread.

Did you know? Small figurines in the form of fish made by primitive people of stone or bone, archaeologists at first considered jewelry or religious objects. However, later scientists determined that these figures, with small holes, were used in fishing, being, according to modern terminology, wobblers and balancers.

Donka or feeder

This rod is used in the cold season. The catch method and composition are similar to summer gear.

The main parts of the donkey or feeder rod used from December to February:

1. Carbon fiber rod, the length of which is 70–80 cm, with strong and flexible whips equipped with access rings. An inertialess coil is attached to the cork handle - its size is up to 1500.
2. The diameter of the monophilic main forest is 0.16–0.18 mm; for a leash - 0.12 mm.
3. Equip the fishing rod with a “paternoster”.

This rod is used, despite the similarity of design and equipment, differently than the summer device.

The specifics of catching bream with feeder gear should be taken into account when planning fishing:

1. "Hunting" is conducted on a weak or medium course.
2. To install gear, you need to drill two recesses. They should be along the flow line, at a distance of 1 to 1.5 m from one another.
3. The “dump truck” feeder with two or three portions of the mixture is lowered into the recesses.
4. For feeding use solid formed balls from the bait mass with clay or loam.
5. A feeder with a feeder is installed in a recess located upstream, and a tackle with a drop-shaped sinker is installed in the next. Keep track of the weight of the snap, it should be the same.
6. The bend of the tip of the whip of the feeder will signal about the bite.
7. Cutting and fighting is carried out using a rod and reel.

Important! The opinions of anglers agree that the most effective catch in the colder months is by feeder from the coastline.

Fishing rod with a nod under the mormyshka

The design is used throughout the entire ice-free season.

Its components are:

1. A fishing rod, the type of which is “balalaika”.
2. Flexible whip 15–20 cm long.
3. Monophilic forest of dark color, 0.1-0.12 mm in diameter.
4. A ten-centimeter lavsan nod with a bright red finish and an opening for scaffolding.
5. Mormyshki serve as bait. Catchy include: “Shot”, “Uralka”, “Ant”, “Drop”, “Banana”.

Fishing with a rod with a nod under the mormyshka is carried out through the following sequential actions:

1. When coexisting with mormyshka, the range of oscillations of the nod should be greater, and the frequency should be less, in comparison with the behavior of a perch, ruff, or roach.
2. The nozzle should be lifted from the bottom, pausing for 2-3 seconds after 15–20 cm.
3. The height of the rise must be determined, given the behavior of the fish - active or sluggish, and weather conditions. If atmospheric pressure is low and breams are mobile, then its value will be less, with a predominant anticyclone and bad bite - more.
4. The Devil-type mormyshek use two pieces: one at the end of the forest, the other 20-30 cm higher. The catch is carried out like a spinner - the nozzle is calmly raised 15–20 cm above the bottom, then under its weight it falls to its original place. In the case of sluggish biting, bloodworms are planted.

Did you know? Fisherman's equipment may well be ... bow and arrow. Although such a "hunting" for fish is prohibited in Russia, it is very popular in the USA - there are even special reservoirs where special species of fish are grown that are convenient to fish by archery.

Yoke

This is a modification of the equipment for a nod or float rod. Rocker due to its lightness helps to fish at the bottom with a large layer of silt. The design allows the bait to remain in the bottom layer, where the fish is very noticeable. The material for the manufacture of such equipment can be a tube and wire.

The basic design principle is a double leash. It moves inside the duct or through wire rings. In the process of biting, the fish swallows the nozzle, not recognizing resistance, because the leash slides and gives a certain level of freedom. Rocker with different baits are used for fishing from ice. The bottom bait is bloodworm and pearl barley, floating - bread crust.

Complete tackle with such elements:

• the simplest fishing rod with a short foam handle, a whip with a lavsan nod and a stand on two legs;
• winter monofilament fishing line with a thickness of 0.14-0.16 mm, or braided cord 0.06-0.08 mm in diameter.

You can load equipment with lead pellets or pieces of lead plates, the mass of which depends on the depth of fishing and on the strength of the current.

The ice fishing process using the rocker arm is as follows:

1. The drilling of the drilled recesses is carried out: a portion of the bait mixture is lowered to the bottom of each.
2. After half an hour, they begin to explore the recesses: 5–7 larvae of bloodworms are planted on a sharp hook, one of them is crushed with fingers. The smell should attract the fish, and it will notice the bait before.
3. When biting, the rod’s nod will straighten, one arm of the beam will rise, and the float will appear on the water. It should immediately be hooked.
4. It is desirable to prey on large fish with a simple hook. It allows you to pull the bream onto the ice and unhook the hooks from the lower ice edge.

Video: tackle rocker for winter fishing

Mormyshki and the nod rod

Choosing catchy equipment of a particular type and painting on bream is quite difficult. There is no complete certainty which of them will bring profit in the form of the treasured trophy. Some fishermen successfully use mormyshki in the form of a drop or a ball, others prefer the “devil” and “goat”, for the third the catch is “uralka”, “nymph”, “cobra”.

A nod rod is a “balalaika” or “filly”. The reel is built into the handle - it stores fishing line. The rod is equipped with a 15-25 cm long whip and a nod that allows the mormyshka to play calmly. Forests are made from monophile 0.12–0.14 mm in diameter. Towards the end of the vein, a mormyshka with a nozzle or a reel is attached, and a hook-sinker can also be used.

The fishermen manage to equip the fishing rod with two components - for example, below the jug attach a hook with a short leash 5-10 cm long. With this design, the fish at the beginning of the bite does not recognize resistance, and does not spit out the nozzle. It is desirable to catch the bream with light tackle, and it should also be conveniently located in the hand. Such a fishing rod will ensure a smooth game and will not allow shivering, small vibrations.

Important! A home-made, lightweight, reel-free fishing rod allows you to maintain a rhythm when playing with an mormyshka.

Types of Snap

In the cold season, breams are caught by various methods. Their basis is the same rod.

It is similar to a fishing rod, but differs in some characteristics:

• the length of the whip is 25-30 cm;
• The nod is bright and soft;
• use a thicker fishing line measuring 0.16–0.18 mm;
• the handle is additionally loaded so that it does not turn over.

Fishing structures on the course are very diverse, their structure is affected by the fishing method, for example:

1. A paternoster is used in the feeder rod.
2. Slide equipped with "inline".
3. For a pull-up, both a “paternoster” and a “helicopter” are used. The choice is affected by the posting horizon.

Winter forestry equipment is shorter than summer ones.

Paternoster

Equipment installation technology:

1. At the end of the working scaffold knit a loop 40 cm long.
2. Then it is cut into pieces: 15 and 25 cm.
3. A carabiner is tied to the end of a short piece to attach a load or feeder.
4. A part 25 cm long should end with a loop, to which a leash of monofilament fishing line with a size of 0.12–0.14 mm and a length of 10–70 cm is hooked.

Inline

This equipment is the easiest for donkey used in winter:

1. A working wood is threaded through a moving sinker.
2. Put a stopper made of silicone.
3. Then they knit a loop or attach a winding ring for a leash.

"Helicopter"

Use this equipment if necessary to change the catch horizon.

Knitting Technology:

1. The main forest is equipped with a stopper.
2. A double swivel is attached to a cord to one ring, and a loop-to-loop method is used on the other.
3. Then they put another stopper.
4. Towards the end, a carabiner is tied to secure the sinker or feeder.

Important! If the "helicopter" is not planned by the main fishing method, still take this equipment for fishing - with its help you can easily determine the depth of habitat of bream.

The essence of catching a helicopter is simple. The sinker should sink to the bottom, and the hooks on the leash are carried away by the current and oscillate in the water, attracting the bream to the nozzles.

Features of fishing on bream in winter

Ice fishing has its own specifics:

1. They are engaged in “hunting” during all three winter months. Fish is characterized by mobility in the continuation of the first ice and in the last frozen water. Its activity decreases only in the deaf winter season.
2. The behavior of young and adult specimens is dynamic both in rivers with a strong current and in bodies of water with stagnant water. They are caught in medium flowing lakes and large reservoirs.
3. In winter, flocks of bream feed at a depth of 5–7 m, where there is a hard muddy bottom, at irrigations gradually turning into a channel of a river dam that is being blocked, near steep banks and on bends.
4. Instances of medium and small sizes come out at the beginning of the ice-free period, or if the reservoir is not covered with an ice shell for a long time.
5. At night in winter, there is an active bite of large bream. For other fish species, this behavior is not characteristic.

In the ice-free period, in order not to scare the bream, it is advisable not to create too much noise: loud steps, drilling.

The best time to fish

In winter, “hunting” for bream is characterized by certain features. It is advisable to familiarize yourself with them in order to choose the best time for planning fishing. So, with the advent of December, the ice-free season begins. The behavior of the fish changes accordingly.

The catch features during this period include the following:

1. As soon as the pond freezes, the fish rushes to the bottom layers, where the temperature is about +3 ... + 4 ° С. Having acclimatized in the new conditions, the bream proceeds to intense biting.
2. The first ice shell is caught on a deep-water stretch, underwater plateau, and on the upper channel edge.
3. During active biting, they use nodding and float fishing rods on the reservoir and lake, and feeders on the river. With poor feeding, running fishing is practiced. In this case, tackle with large, lead, golden mormyshki is used.
4. The small feed bloodworm serves as a bait, and the large - as a bait.
5. In the daytime, scammers are more active. The chances of catching a trophy bream increase significantly at night.

The second month of winter is characterized by a low level of oxygen and a small amount of light under the ice shell, which is why the fish is passive.

These features of the water column affect its habits:

1. The deaf winter season is characterized by the habitat of bream in deep places - channel ditches, pits, reservoir irrigation.
2. For catching, they use a feeder, a fishing rod, in stagnant water the use of nodding gear is practiced.
3. Use bait of a dark or brown color. In this case, feed stain and flavorings should be added.
4. In the afternoon young specimens eat. The second winter month is the most catchy at night.
5. In the period of deaf winter, they use small tungsten mormyshki.
6. Bloodworms, maggots, and the larva of burdock moth are useful as bait.

February is characterized by a marked activation of bream due to the saturation of water with oxygen, penetrating under the ice with thawed snow.

The catch features for this winter month are as follows:

1. Young and adult specimens are caught not in the bottom layer, as in the deaf-season season, but a meter and a half from it.
2. Lure the fish, opening the feeder at a distance of 2-3 m from the bottom. Thus, the falling mass will attract a bream that is lower.
3. During this period, fish leave pits and channel ditches, going to irrigation, the depth of which is about 4-6 m. They are near the places where shallow streams, fast rivers flow into the body of water.
4. If the warming is long, then the bite of the bream lasts a whole day.
5. The bait is prepared on its own or acquired, and bloodworms are added.
6. Fishing during this period, as well as in the first ice shell, is carried out with the help of mammoth gear. If it is possible to find a promising place, then the running search catch is replaced by a stationary one. In this case, two to three float rods are used.

During the winter days, the behavior of bream is characterized by such features:

• in the daytime with stable, stable weather, biting lasts from 10-11 hours to 14-15 hours;
• at night, it is easiest to catch fish from 1-2 hours to 4-5 hours in the morning.

Weather

The habits of fish are affected by changes in atmospheric pressure:

1. A good bite is observed in the middle of a persistent thaw. During this period, reduced atmospheric pressure prevails.
2. When frosts replace warming, fish begin to eat less. Only after a couple of days, adapting to high pressure, she again begins to feed.
3. Windy weather, accompanied by snowfall, is unfavorable for fish biting.
4. At night, it is good to fish for 3-4 days of a stable atmosphere.

Bait and bait

Thanks to the competent preparation and use of the bait mixture, it is possible to achieve an excellent catch.

The mass consists of the following parts:

1. The basis can be taken light and creating turbidity when dissolved in water, ingredients (breadcrumbs, semolina, ground sunflower meal).
2. Food - nutritious thick cereals from millet, corn, barley groats and bran.
3. The mixture is flavored with vanilla, weighted with clay.
4. Small forage bloodworms are added to the mass - it should make up a fifth of the bait volume.

The mixture should be balanced.

Preparation of a standard bait for the cold period consists of the following steps:

• an equal amount of the components of the base in dry form should be mixed to obtain a homogeneous bulk mass;
• cooked porridge is cooled;
• connect the dry mass with porridge in a ratio of 3: 1;
• the obtained bait should be stored in polyethylene in the lower section of the refrigerator.

Before starting fishing, they carry out feeding, because without it the bite of the bream will be random. This technique is simple, and at the same time effective.

To perform it, the following steps are required:

• to the bait mixture before feeding the recesses add small fodder bloodworms;
• flavor the mass with honey, molasses;
• to make the bait more viscous, it is advisable to add a little water from the recess.

Mix the mass in an airtight and bulk plastic bag. So the fishermen manage not to touch the skin of their hands with cold water in frosty weather.

For feeding use a feeder - "dump truck", which:

• tightly filled with cooked mass;
• as neatly and more gently lower to the bottom;
• then they lift it upwards by 20-30 cm and open it with a sharp movement, as a result the mixture pours out, forming a stern spot.

Additional feeding of holes is necessary in case of flaccid biting or its complete absence. For this, balls are formed from bait, similar in size to chicken eggs. They should be denser compared to the mass in the feeder, which will allow them, falling to the depth, not dissolve in the water column. During the course, it is advisable to add a little loam or clay to the bait mixture, which, when wet, prevent instant washing out of the mass and the removal of its particles from the area located at the bottom of the hole.

Did you know? Stagnant water has a positive effect on the life expectancy of the bream: in such a reservoir, a representative of this species can exist for 20 years, and in rivers only 10.

In the cold season, bream eat animal food, so the most preferred bait is bloodworms, which are planted in bunches, as the fish goes on a volumetric bait. In second place - maggot and the worm. A vegetable bait in the winter can be a trowel.

This bait cannot be stored for a long time, so it is advisable to take a small amount of it. It is prepared using different recipes, but peas, semolina, wheat flour and water are always taken as the basis. Additional ingredients: honey, sunflower oil, granulated sugar, protein and yolk of chicken eggs, pounded tablets of vitamins “Hexavit” or “Revit”.

The cooking instruction is as follows:

1. Soak the peas overnight, then cook until tender.
2. Then crush it and add semolina and flour in a ratio of 1: 1.
3. Do not forget about excipients that allow you to attract bream.
4. Knead with your hands until the dough stops sticking.

Video: winter bait on bream

Fishing tactics

In winter, the bream is not very active, so its catch is a rather difficult task. To increase the chances of catching fish, it is advisable to take advantage of the fishermen's experience gained over the years.

You can catch these tactics:

1. Migratory. This name is due to the fact that the angler often crosses the ice of a reservoir in search of a catchy place. He drills a lot of holes, while exploring the topography of the bottom and the depth of the pond, uses different bait, fishing methods and techniques.
2. Zonal. This tactic first involves finding a suitable place. Then, on an acceptable site for fishing, the fisherman drills 2-3 holes at a distance of 10–20 m from one another, and the process of feeding them begins. Then the most catchy of them is determined. When biting in the hole ends, the fisherman moves to another until he returns to the first again. If the bream bites perfectly, then it is worth stopping at one recess.
3. Stationary. Such tactics are suitable if the fisherman is familiar with the reservoir, and he uses an already nourished place with two or three closely spaced holes. The main advantage is that a long-term point can be equipped, protected from cold and windy weather, which is impossible to do, often moving along the ice shell. Night bream fishing is stationary, because in the dark it is dangerous to move along the pond to look for new places. Near the hole, a fisherman in warm clothing sets up a tent that protects him from the winds. Inside, you can place a portable flashlight, a camping gas stove, and also equip a sleeping or sitting place.

Important! The bream is easy to scare, so do not drill indentations close to one another, keep a distance of 6-7 m.

Successful fishing depends not only on the correctly assembled fishing rod, but also on the location, type of bait and seductiveness of the bait. Catching tackle is characterized by subtlety and sensitivity. The reward for patience and ingenuity to the fisherman will be an excellent catch of large bream.